Developed by engineers from Northwestern University, the pacemaker is the size of a grain of rice and could help save babies ...

See that teeny tiny rectangle next to that pencil tip up there? That’s a pacemaker – the world’s smallest in fact, which has ...

Researchers unveil a groundbreaking dissolvable pacemaker that eliminates invasive procedures, offering safer and ...

A rice-sized, dissolvable pacemaker powered by light may revolutionize post-heart surgery care, especially for kids, while vanishing safely in the body.

The new device is smaller than a grain of rice and gets absorbed by the patient’s body when it’s no longer needed, ...

Now, engineers at Northwestern University have developed what could have saved Armstrong’s life: the world’s smallest ...

Engineers at Illinois' Northwestern University have developed the tiniest pacemaker you'll ever see. It's several times ...

Because the human heart requires only a small amount of electrical stimulation, researchers were able to shrink their ...

Although it can work with hearts of all sizes, the pacemaker is particularly well-suited to the tiny, fragile hearts of ...

On 2 April 2025, engineers at Northwestern University published a study on a new dissolvable pacemaker, smaller than a grain ...

Northwestern engineers unveiled what they say is the smallest pacemaker in the world in a study published in the journal ...

Leadless pacemakers are advanced devices that automatically regulate heart rate without the need for surgery, batteries, or ...